Let me start by saying I?m coming off of a Samsung Fascinate on VZW (actually, we have three of them in the family). Prior to the Fascinate, I had a Nexus One and Droid Incredible. My only real issue with the Fascinate other than extremely slow updates from Verizon was not being able to make calls in ?fringe? areas. Once I rooted and switched to Froyo (and later Gingerbread) all of the device issues cleared up with the exception of dropped calls. Adding ADW+ as a launcher made it a great device.
Now I?ve switched to the GNEX and for the most part, love it. To resolve the low speaker volume issue, I?ve installed and use Equalizer by Smart Android Apps. Works perfectly. As for the lack of a quality camera, well you?ve just got to decide on how important that really is to you.
Since I?m on the road 2-3 weeks out of the month, many times in rural areas, I?m concerned about Samsung?s reputation for poor radio design as was proven with the earlier mentioned Fascinate. My travel schedule doesn?t begin until after January 15th so unless someone can convince me otherwise, I may be forced to return my GNEX and either wait for the next ICS device (maybe the Droid Razr MAXX?) or go back to my Fascinate until the GNEX radio issues are resolved. Everything I read says that Motorola?s phones are more effective in those ?fringe? areas I mentioned earlier.
Does anyone have any solid advice on Samsung vs. Motorola for PHONE quality? I?m not talking ?number of bars? which is a totally ridiculous way of comparing devices. I?m talking dropped calls in remote areas. Call quality is most important to me. The rest can be worked around with all of the great apps that are available.
Any advice would be appreciated and if you have experience with Motorola devices (like the Droid Razr), that would be especially helpful. THANKS!
Now I?ve switched to the GNEX and for the most part, love it. To resolve the low speaker volume issue, I?ve installed and use Equalizer by Smart Android Apps. Works perfectly. As for the lack of a quality camera, well you?ve just got to decide on how important that really is to you.
Since I?m on the road 2-3 weeks out of the month, many times in rural areas, I?m concerned about Samsung?s reputation for poor radio design as was proven with the earlier mentioned Fascinate. My travel schedule doesn?t begin until after January 15th so unless someone can convince me otherwise, I may be forced to return my GNEX and either wait for the next ICS device (maybe the Droid Razr MAXX?) or go back to my Fascinate until the GNEX radio issues are resolved. Everything I read says that Motorola?s phones are more effective in those ?fringe? areas I mentioned earlier.
Does anyone have any solid advice on Samsung vs. Motorola for PHONE quality? I?m not talking ?number of bars? which is a totally ridiculous way of comparing devices. I?m talking dropped calls in remote areas. Call quality is most important to me. The rest can be worked around with all of the great apps that are available.
Any advice would be appreciated and if you have experience with Motorola devices (like the Droid Razr), that would be especially helpful. THANKS!